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March Madness Continued: Poetry hoops with Natalie Diaz [by Catherine Woodard]
Natalie Diaz, 5’11, played point guard in NCAA March Madness for four years at Old Dominion University, a storied women’s college program. Diaz reached the NCAA finals as a freshman in 1997 and to the Sweet…
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Welcome to the Jell-O Belt…(by Rebecca Lindenberg)
It’s an absolute delight to be guest-blogging again here at Best American Poetry. I’ve just returned from a marvelous residency and a series of readings from the new book,…
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“apocalyse, a brief history” [by Katie Thompson]
hanging / gunfire : which do you preferif we survive this if there is a way? light it on fire, the dry christmas firthe age of radioactive decaygoodbye goodbye my american limeexceeded by the…
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Rebecca Lindenberg, Guest Blogger March 18-24
This week we welcome back Rebecca Lindenberg as our guest blogger. Rebecca is the author of the poetry collection LOVE, AN INDEX (McSweeney's Poetry Series, 2012). Her poems, essays, and criticism appear in The…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender, gets educated
To see pigs feeding at the public trough, look no further than for-profit schools, which, like “private” prisons and Blackwell, aren’t the market solutions to failed Big Government that our conservative, pro-business friends tout…
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